“I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.” MenCareersGayAthleteDesignerDespiseStereotypeInteriorsGay MenMachoInterior Designer Author:Lori Foster
“Coquettes are, but too rare. It is a career that requires great abilities, infinite pains, a gay and airy spirit. 'T is the coquette who provides all the amusements,--suggests the riding-party, plans the picnic, gives and guesses charades, acts them. She is the stirring element amid the heavy congeries of social atoms,--the soul of the house, the salt of the banquet.” GivingSoulPainSpiritHouseSocialAbilityPartyCareersPlansGayElementsInfiniteHeavyAtomsSaltRidingAmusementStirringPicnicsBanquetsAiryCharadesCoquette Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.” PeopleFirstsWholeFeltCommunityCareersSawsAliveGayConcernedConnectionsStartingAidsTreatedStayingDisturbedHivEpidemicsStaying AliveLife And TimeGay CommunityHiv PositiveAids Epidemic Author:Madonna Ciccone
“What I love about the gay thing is that every single person I type into Google, it doesn't matter if it's Florence Welch, anybody, if you are not being called gay you don't have a career. That's my theory!” IfsPersonsMatterCareersTheoryTypeGayGoogleSingle PersonFlorence Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I think that there is a lot of power in a gay guy having a really (hopefully) successful music career while just being completely openly gay and honest and happy.” ThinkingGuyCareersSuccessfulHonestGayHopefullyJust BeingMusic CareerGay Guy Author:Troye Sivan
“I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer.” ThinkingFeltCareersSadnessGayAvailable Author:Kevin Sessums
“I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.” CareersRichExampleGayContinuingRich LifeContinuing On Author:Portia de Rossi
“This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.” MightLawCareersInfluenceBecomingGayDiscoveryDelightAbandonLiberatingWizardsGiddy Author:J. K. Rowling
“I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there was nothing left to talk about. He wasn't confused. He didn't need questions answered. He didn't ask why or how or with whom or whether I thought maybe it might just be a phase. He didn't ask who knew and who didn't know or whether I thought it might ruin my career. I was his sister and he didn't care whether I was straight or gay; it simply didn't matter to him.” KnowsNeedsMatterMightCareAsksLeftSecretCareersExpressionGayRuinsConfusedPhases Book:Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain Source: Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain